Donington is a hamlet and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It shares a parish council with the neighbouring parish of Boscobel, due to the latter's small population. Geography The hamlet is situated on the northern outskirts of the large village of Albrighton. The parish is geographically large however and includes Cosford and DSAE Cosford, as well as encompassing a small part of the village of Albrighton (close to the railway station). The M54 motorway passes through the parish, as does the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line and Albrighton railway station is on the border of the parishes of Donington and Albrighton, as is the Donington and Albrighton Nature Reserve. Wigmore Wood lies in the parish. Donington is located 9.9 miles away from Wolverhampton and 10.6 miles away from Telford To the east of the parish is Staffordshire. St. Cuthbert's Church St. Cuthbert's Church in Donington is over 900 years old. It was founded by Roger de Montgomery. The old church tower had collapsed on 25 March 1879, and was rebuilt in 1880. Different parts of the church are from different eras. For example, the lower part of the tower is from the 12th Century and other areas being built in the 17th and 18th centuries. This Church is also a grade II listed building and has been since 26 September 1984. Many air force personnel from RAF Cosford are buried in the churchyard, 23 of them in World War II Commonwealth service war graves marked and cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). Also buried from the same war are four Polish airmen. The dead include former British Olympic fencer Group Captain Frederick Sherriff. The CWGC also register the graves of two British Army officers of World War I. Population trends In 1801, the recorded population for the parish of Donington was 289 people. The population has steadily increased over the years except for some decades such as the 1850s. After World War II the population for this parish has risen from a pre-war figure of 329 to over 3000 in the 1950s. According to census records from the 1800s into the 1930s the ratio of males and females living within Donington were roughly the same, until after World War II when the parish saw a large increase in the male population in the area. This is because of the location of RAF Cosford which is included within the